Board of Directors

Board Directors

A. Karim Ahmed, Ph.D.
Secretary-Treasurer, GCSE Board of Directors
Adjunct Professor, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center
Angela Bednarek, Ph.D.
Project Director, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Christopher Boone, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Sustainability at Arizona State University
Antje Danielson, Ph.D.
Director of Education,
MIT Energy Initiative
Lynda Hopkins
Supervisor, Fifth District of Sonoma County
Margaret Leinen, Ph.D.
Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Amy Luers, Ph.D.
Global Lead, Sustainability Science, Microsoft
Valerie Luzadis, Ph.D.
Chair, GCSE Board of Directors
Professor, The State University of New York, ESF
Anthony F. Michaels, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Proteus Environmental Technologies LLC
Tom L. Richard, Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Penn State University
Frank Sesno
Vice Chair, GCSE Board of Directors
Director of Strategic Initiatives, The George Washington University
Anna Stewart-Ibarra, Ph.D.
Scientific Director, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
Godfrey A. Uzochukwu, Ph.D.
Founding Director, Waste Management Institute and Senior Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Honorary Board Directors

Hon. Richard Benedick
President Emeritus
Jeffrey Leonard
In Memory, 1954–2018
Thomas Lovejoy, Ph.D.
In Memory, 1941-2021
Hon. Hazel O'Leary
Hon. William K. Reilly
Hon. William D. Ruckelshaus
In Memory, 1932–2019
James Gustave Speth, Esq.

Founders' Circle

The GCSE Founders' Circle honors the commitment and leadership of past directors and officers. The Founders' Circle serves as an advisory group to the GCSE Board of Directors and a forum where members can continue to contribute to matters related to the organization.

Jan Hartke, Esq.
Consultant, Clinton Foundation
Former President of the Global Tomorrow Coalition
Stephen P. Hubbell, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, University of California Los Angeles
Hon. Randy Johnson
Former Commissioner, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Past President, National Association of Counties
Dian Ogilvie Esq.
Former Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Environmental Officer, Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Hon. Barbara Sheen Todd
Former Chairman, Board of Commissioners of Pinellas County, Florida
Past President, National Association of Counties